Health Information Management and Technology Department, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
College of Business Administration, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Int Health. 2023 Jan 3;15(1):47-55. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihac008.
This research aims to assess the users' perceptions of usability and quality of mobile health applications used for promoting physical activity in Saudi Arabia.
This was a quantitative cross-sectional study. A survey was developed based on the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) and the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS) and distributed among the Saudi population through social media to assess the users' perceptions of using mobile applications to enhance physical activity. The survey questionnaire consisted of 27 questions in six sections, including demographics (nine items), perceived usefulness (three items), perceived ease of use (three items), attitudes (three items), user experience (six items) and subjective quality (three items). All the participants were in Saudi Arabia and >15 y of age.
A total of 195 m-Health users participated in the survey. Of the total participants, 25.1% were overweight and 21.0% were obese. The workout frequency of most users was rarely (32.3%) and three to four times a week (29.2%). In addition, 55.9% of the users agreed that the application they use served all fitness levels and >80% either agreed or strongly agreed that it was easy for them to learn how to use the application. More than 70% of users agreed or strongly agreed that the application enhanced their knowledge of workouts and physical activity and >90% would recommend the application to others. There were no differences identified between the male and female participants and younger (<40 y) and older (>40 y) participants with respect to perceived usefulness and ease of use, attitudes, experiences and subjective quality. However, significant differences were observed between participants <40 y and >40 y of age in terms of perceived ease of use of mHealth applications.
mHealth users across Saudi Arabia believe that the mHealth applications have good usability and quality factors. As a result, they can motivate people and help them achieve their goals in relation to physical activities.
本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯用于促进身体活动的移动健康应用程序的用户对可用性和质量的感知。
这是一项定量的横断面研究。根据技术接受模型（TAM）和移动应用程序评级量表（MARS）开发了一项调查，并通过社交媒体分发给沙特人群，以评估用户对使用移动应用程序来增强身体活动的看法。调查问卷包括六个部分的 27 个问题，包括人口统计学（9 个项目）、感知有用性（3 个项目）、感知易用性（3 个项目）、态度（3 个项目）、用户体验（6 个项目）和主观质量（3 个项目）。所有参与者都在沙特阿拉伯，年龄大于 15 岁。
共有 195 名移动健康用户参与了调查。在总参与者中，25.1%超重，21.0%肥胖。大多数用户的锻炼频率很少（32.3%），每周三到四次（29.2%）。此外，55.9%的用户认为他们使用的应用程序适合所有健身水平，超过 80%的用户同意或强烈同意他们很容易学习如何使用该应用程序。超过 70%的用户同意或强烈同意该应用程序增强了他们对锻炼和身体活动的知识，超过 90%的用户会向他人推荐该应用程序。在感知有用性和易用性、态度、体验和主观质量方面，男性和女性参与者以及年龄较小（<40 岁）和较大（>40 岁）的参与者之间没有差异。然而，在移动健康应用程序的易用性感知方面，年龄小于 40 岁和大于 40 岁的参与者之间存在显著差异。
沙特阿拉伯的移动健康用户认为移动健康应用程序具有良好的可用性和质量因素。因此，它们可以激励人们，并帮助他们实现与身体活动相关的目标。
